multiple ?'s speed/usage/definitions...

OK, after the addition of a faulty Home Signal box from 3, I've been more aware of things than I normally would be and it's raised some questions -Over night speeds seem to have plummeted to the point where downloading of games fail - any thoughts?My daily usage on Sunday was an unheard of 14.63GB and in an attempt to find out why, I found the page which gives a break down of usage - it says 43% is peer to peer but I have no idea what that actually means Others were web @ 36% and others at 1% - whatever others is?? Two things have changed - my son has downloaded Netflix - could it be that? The 3 Home Signal box which is faulty and is to be replaced, but it claimed to use very little bandwidth in it's introductory booklet?For those who don't know, the home signal box is connected to the router and should give great signal in an otherwise duff area.Windows 7, Thompson router, main pc connected by cable & the rest by Wi-Fi (including the PC that is downloading the games & has Netflix)

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Over night speeds seem to have plummeted to the point where downloading of games fail - any thoughts?

I don't know the details of every Plusnet plan, but most speeds are unrestricted between midnight and 8 a.m.

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it says 43% is peer to peer but I have no idea what that actually means

It usually means file-'sharing' using torrent sites, I think. This is a popular means of getting hold of copyrighted material like music and movies. Your Plusnet allowance counts what you upload as well as download so if you have torrent software installed it may be busy uploading and using-up your allowance, even if you are not actively downloading.

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Thanks for that, further research.... a new game of my son's called Aion by NCSoft came with a package called Pando Media Booster, which it said would speed up the game! His computer was on for 4 hours yesterday (although the game isn't fully downloaded yet) ... I wonder what the hell it was doing for 4 hours to use up 43GB

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[quote=http://www.pandonetworks.com/products/pando-media-booster]Pando Media Booster reduces the amount of traffic on CDNs thus reducing cost and increasing reliability through the usage of the Peer Cloud for content delivery."Peer Cloud" - that's P2P.It will be uploading like crazy. This page might help: http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=229936&page=8